Model insights into emerging scenarios with variants of concern — Key Highlights § It has become a global urgency to calibrate COVID-19 containment policies in informed ways that can avoid long-term economic recession from over-protection or eventually explosive health risks due to over-relaxation and pandemic fatigue. § To avoid falling below or exceeding the optimal standards needed to strike a healthy balance…

Reflections on key insights and implications for disaster governance in Kenya and Africa — Finally, Hope on the Horizon On a day when Kenya received the first batch of 1.025 million doses of COVID-19 AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine under the global COVAX initiative, just after Ghana, this IBD multiscale modelling series takes you down memory lane and shares fresh perspectives on the manner and meaning of the COVID-19 curves it has…

It is high time mentorship efforts started focusing more on developing learners while they are still in college to prepare them for the world of work. …

The plane-mirror view throws a virtual image of bygone headwaters of COVID-19 in Africa, but the real image downstream could turn out to be different especially if we peek at the sorry state of basic schools in deprived environments. Education Sector Management as a Mirror of Leadership COVID-19 has dealt the education sector a major blow, a complex…

An online cross-country study I conducted in 2014 and 2015 revealed that the cost of a programme, employability, and the influence of mentors were the key factors influencing the youth to choose particular university courses. …

With the successful launch of TAIFA-1 nanosatellite, spearheaded by the Kenya Space Agency, and the promise of fresh geodata products, Kenya is well-positioned to embrace the limitless potential of space technology for the betterment of our nation and the world at large. …

How should lecturers confront the frenemy of take-away CATs? — If COVID-19 deserved the description this thought-leadership and mentorship series gave it as a disruptive, destructive, distractive, and distancing disease, then justice can only be done by describing ChatGPT as a disruptive innovation that is creative, constructive, compelling, and connecting people and ideas. The Challenge of Nurturing Thinkers and Innovators for the 21st Century

Simply put, we have progressed from a linear, low-tech and trainer-led instructional space (Education 1.0) to a democratised, interactive, flexible, feedback-oriented, tech-enabled and learner-centric enterprise (Education 4.0 and Education 5.0). Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) has just made it more convincing that the predictions of the Knowledge Doubling Curve will be…

All the possible combinations give Argentina a bankable margin — The matching fate that has placed France against either Argentina or Croatia in the World Cup has diminished the defending champion’s chances of reclaiming a repeat title. Key Highlights The World Cup tournament is a great learning experience and opportunity, ranging from life lessons to the practical application of mathematics and science.